Tigger

Bot Name

Tigger

Author

StefW

Extends

AdvancedRobot

What's special about it?

It uses tile coding.

Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?

https://uk.geocities.com/westenstefan/stefw.Tigger_0.0.23.jar

How does it move?

Wave surfing.

How does it fire?

Guess factor targeting.

How does it dodge bullets?

Wave surfing.

How does the melee strategy differ from one-on-one strategy?

It is a one on one bot.

How does it select a target to attack/avoid in melee?

It is a one on one bot.

What does it save between rounds and matches?

Everything between rounds, nothing between matches.

Where did you get the name?

From Winnie the Pooh.

Can I use your code?

Yes, it's released under the GPL.

What's next for your robot?

Fine tuning the tile coding parameters.

Does it have any WhiteWhales?

Pattern matchers.

What other robot(s) is it based on?

It is based on many things I have read on this wiki.

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Comments, questions, feedback:

Congratulations on becoming the best 'Dutch' bot. --GrubbmGait

Thank you! -- StefW

Shooting fullpower bullets at close range ( < 150 or so) should let you at least get even against rammers. I also noticed that Tigger does not always finish off a disabled opponent (it does not fire or ram), letting it miss some extra bonus points. --GrubbmGait

Oh no! I've been knocked from my #1 dutch one-on-one bot position (of course that was never really a #1, because I only wrote Locke's gun but not its movement). Anyway, congrats to you for coming up with such an outstanding robot out of the blue like that. I am curious about TileCoding?. Can you tell us a little bit more about that? BTW, where in Holland are you from? -- Vic

So now you tell me that, for a short period, I was the best genuine Dutch one-on-one bot? Now I can retire . . . ;-) --GrubbmGait

Tile coding works like a radial basis function neural network but it is much faster to train and calculate. You can find more information [here]. -- StefW

If you type 'Tile Coding' into Google, Tigger's RoboWiki page is the tenth result! Congratulations. ;) Feel like adding a proper TileCoding? page to the wiki? --Corbos

Tigger really is a strong bot. Checking it's PL ranking is seems that it is only lacking some 'bloodlust'. --GrubbmGait

I agree. Tigger knows how to beat almost everyone but is too polite to humiliate them. Teach him how to get over it. --Corbos

I am aware that it can beat most bots, now it just has to score more points. Although it only has about 1880 points, it is ranked 15 in the PL. -- StefW

I have to concur with GrubbmGait and Corbos, Tigger is a truly formidable bot. If you can deal with those weaker problem bots this should be a top level bot in no time. --wcsv

Tigger has entered the top 10 in the PL! -- StefW